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Ines Arrimadas, candidate of the centrist party Ciudadanos calls for people to go out and vote in what she says is "an historic election" in Barcelona. It comes as Catalans hold a decisive regional vote, hoping it will help settle the bitter dispute over independence from Spain that has divided their region and rattled Europe. IMAGES
Carles Puigdemont, the former leader of Catalonia who fled Spain over his role in a failed 2017 independence bid for the wealthy region, returned to Spain on Thursday after seven years on the run. IMAGES
Pro-Catalan independence protesters take to the streets after the European Parliament waives immunity of Carles Puigdemont and two other Catalan MEPs. IMAGES
Pro-independence demonstrators gather in Barcelona. Catalonia has been gripped by unrest since the controversial Supreme Court verdict on October 14 which unleashed a week of huge demonstrations that quickly turned violent, with angry protesters clashing with riot police. IMAGES
'Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya', ERC (Republican Left of Catalonia) candidate Marta Rovira casts her ballot for the Catalan regional election at a polling station in Vic. IMAGES
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